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Readers who enjoyed The Fountain by Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel & Jared K. Fletcher also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Winter by Marissa Meyer
52 ratingsPrincess Winter is admired for her grace, kindness and beauty, despite the scars on her face. She's said to be even more breath-taking than her stepmother, Queen Levana...When Winter develops feelings for the handsome palace guard, Jacin, she fears the evil Queen will crush their romance before it has a chance to begin.But there are stirrings against the Queen across the land... -
Cress by Marissa Meyer
51 ratingsIn this third book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army.Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker... -
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
52 ratingsCinder returns in the second thrilling installment of the New York Times-bestselling Lunar Chronicles.She’s trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing... -
Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
39 ratingsThe universe of the Lunar Chronicles holds stories—and secrets—that are wondrous, vicious, and romantic...Categorized as:
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Prince's Master by Alessandra Hazard
16 ratingsA prince and a villain incapable of love: it wasn't supposed to be a love story...Separated from his family after an assassination attempt, Prince Eridan is rescued by the reclusive Order of monks who control High Hronthar, an isolated school for telepaths... -
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
41 ratingsHOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise—and take back her stolen birthright. But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon...Categorized as:
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Heart Fate by Robin D. Owens
14 ratingsWed to a wealthy older man when she was just a girl, Lahsin Yew runs away from her abusive home to find a new life. At seventeen, she's about to enter her Second Passage, when her Flair?and perhaps her HeartMate?will be revealed. Lahsin finds sanctuary in a secret garden, where she meets Tinne Holly... -
Dragon's Kiss by Miranda Martin, Juno Wells
10 ratingsA Dragon Hunter for me? No way. Olivia thinks it's impossible that the outrageously tall Zmaj with steely blue eyes would fall for her. A former data analyst, now she's just another human crash survivor on the harsh and alien desert planet. Smart, curvaceous Olivia doesn't feel like she measures up but that doesn't stop Ragnar from eyeing her luscious curves... -
Sword in the Stars by A.R. Capetta, Cory McCarthy
14 ratingsIn this epic sequel to Once & Future, to save the future, Ari and her Rainbow knights pull off a heist...thousands of years in the past.Ari Helix may have won her battle against the tyrannical Mercer corporation, but the larger war has just begun...Categorized as:
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The Warlock in Spite of Himself by Christopher Stasheff
19 ratingsBack in Print: the novel that launched the epic Warlock series. In an interstellar romp that proves science and sorcery can mix, only hard-headed realist Rod Gallowglass can save the people of Gramarye from their doom by becoming--The Warlock in Spite of Himself--if only he believed in magic... -
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
61 ratingsHumans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless Lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness... -
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
26 ratingsAn air of pleasant anticipation hung so thickly over the Halls, Holds, and Weyrs of Pern that it had affected even the businesslike ways of Moreta, the Weyrwoman of Fort Weyr. Her dragon, Queen Orlith, would soon clutch; spring had made a glorious debut; the Gather at Ruatha Hold was extremely merry; and Moreta was enjoying the attentions of Alessan, the new Lord Holder of Ruatha Hold...Categorized as:
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The Hedge of Mist by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
8 ratingsTHE ULTIMATE LEGENDTo all bards in spirit, the making of triads--things grouped in threes for poetic purpose--is the essence of the bardic art... -
Fairest by Marissa Meyer
42 ratingsIn this stunning bridge book between Cress and Winter in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles, Queen Levana’s story is finally told.Mirror, mirror on the wall,Who is the fairest of them all? Fans of the Lunar Chronicles know Queen Levana as a ruler who uses her “glamour” to gain power... -
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The Queen's Army by Marissa Meyer
26 ratingsIt is time. The boy must leave his family to serve in the Queen's army. To be chosen is an honor. To decline is impossible. The boy is modified. He is trained for several years, and learns to fight to the death. He proves to the Queen—and to himself—that he is capable of evil. He is just the kind of soldier the Queen wants: the alpha of his pack... -
The Alleluia Files by Sharon Shinn
18 ratingsLegend has it that the Alleluia Files contain the truth about the god of Samaria. Now, a child raised in captivity among the angels will journey the length and breadth of her world to seek the documents that will alter the face of Samaria forever..Categorized as:
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Jovah's Angel by Sharon Shinn
18 ratingsThis is a standalone sequel to Archangel, set 150 years later in proverbially interesting times. Samaria is industrialized; the Manadavvi and Jansai are wealthier; the Edori are marginalized, their roaming lifestyle disrupted; and Jovah seems to be turning a deaf ear to his angels' prayers for abatement of increasingly destructive storms...Categorized as:
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Angelica by Sharon Shinn
18 ratingsTwo hundred years ago, the god Jovah created a legion of land dwelling angels, led by an appointed Archangel. Now, Jovah has a new appointee: Archangel Gaaron. For his life-mate, his Angelica, Jovah has chosen a woman named Susannah. Slowly, an unspoken affection develops between the two... -
Traitor's Sun by Marion Zimmer Bradley
14 ratingsTraitor's Sun continues the epic saga of Darkover, the award-winning series by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Her most brilliant and popular creation, the Darkover books take readers to a planet torn by rebellion--and struggling for freedom..Categorized as:
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The Chosen One by Anna Erishkigal
8 ratings"At the dawn of time, two ancient adversaries clashed over control of Earth. One man rose to stand at humanity's side. A soldier whose name we still remember today..."Mikhail awakens, mortally wounded, in his crashed ship... -
The Last Warrior by Susan Grant
6 ratingsAs a decorated soldier, the young General Tao knows only one kind of honor - to his people. But when his own king betrays him, he discovers that his sacrifices, his successes, may not have been for the good of the country at all.Fate - and his enemies - throw him together with Elsabeth, a red-haired beauty who has served as the royal tutor... -
Angel-Seeker by Sharon Shinn
16 ratingsThe award-winning author returns to Samaria in this richly romantic tale that begins where Archangel left off. In that time, the women who craved the attention of angels were known as angel-seekers, a term used with awe by some--and scorn by others...Categorized as:
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The Little Android by Marissa Meyer
26 ratingsThe Little Android is a retelling of The Little Mermaid, set in the world of The Lunar Chronicles by New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer.When android Mech6.0 saves the life of a handsome hardware engineer, her body is destroyed and her mechanics discover a glitch in her programming... -
The Comet Seekers by Helen Sedgwick
14 ratingsOne Day meets The Time Traveler's Wife in this spellbinding, magical debut novel about love, loss, hope and heartbreak that shows us that for each of us, the world can be as lonely or as beautiful as the comets that illuminate the skies above us.Róisín and François first meet in the snowy white expanse of Antarctica. And everything changes...Categorized as:
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Heart Mate by Robin D. Owens
19 ratingsAll his life, Rand T’Ash has looked forward to meeting his HeartMate, with whom he could begin a family... -
Adam & Eve by Sena Jeter Naslund
12 ratingsWhat happened to Eden? The New York Times bestselling author of Ahab's Wife, Four Spirits, and Abundance returns with an audacious and provocative novel that envisions a world where science and faith contend for the allegiance of a new Adam & EveSena Jeter Naslund masterfully uses her craft to lay bare the poignant complexity of humanitythe passion and despair, the ignorance and frailty,... -
Saga, Volume 8 by Brian K. Vaughan
30 ratingsAfter the traumatic events of the War for Phang, Hazel, her parents, and their surviving companions embark on a life-changing adventure at the westernmost edge of the universe.Collects: Saga #43-48... -
Wires and Nerve by Marissa Meyer
26 ratingsWhen rogue packs of wolf-hybrid soldiers threaten the tenuous peace alliance between Earth and Luna, Iko takes it upon herself to hunt down the soldiers' leader. She is soon working with a handsome royal guard who forces her to question everything she knows about love, loyalty, and her own humanity...Categorized as:
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